I've got about the same, all in the heavy/darker genres. However I bought all mine so I ain't letting NO ONE steal them!
YOu wouldn't alk into a CD store and stick an album under your jacket, so why would you download one?:cussing
Because if I like the freebie, I will probably buy the next one.
You wouldnt buy a car without a test drive would u?
you wouldn't shit in someones mouth and call it a sunday would you?
i would
haha
hopefully it will put you off eating mcdonalds
i love it in that upsize me film, just after he eats a meal he gets the mcgurgles, then the mcdiahhrea
Music is a luxury and if you wish to indulge in that luxury you pay for it! Just like anything else. You can listen to the CD's before you buy them, every CD store has this option nowadays, even places like cdnow.com
I listen to my mates CD's as well and then buy my own copy if I like it. As far as using the record company as a scape goat; I believe fuel companies are ripping consumers off, however I don't drive into a petrol station, fill up my car and drive off, it's just plain theft.
Record companies fincance and manage the production, distribution, advertising and stocking of the CD's. So effectively they're providing the financial service to the artist. Alot of artists have their homes and livelyhoods on the line when it comes to releasing albums. So believe me, the artist is not on the piraters "it's all about the music" side.
If you buy copies of CD's that you like, then good on you. I have some friends who don't even do that and yes, I call them "theiving maggots" to their faces :kiss
I love maccas sundays, fortunately tho only the strawberry ones *gives evil glare to Frenix* don't say anything!
michael moore doesn't care if you reproduce his dvd's i think more artists should be into that... they make enough money.
[Edited on 30-11-2004 by frenzix]
hehe cam... don't get me started. Music companys are realising that mp3's,ogg etc are here to stay and rather than fight it (which they can't) have plans to run with it...
do you want to swap for some of my barbara streisands "nosey on down collection" or whitney houstons "crackwhore classics"?
we are so P.C
i try to get my hands on a pirate copy of cd's when they are released to hear if they are good or not, and if they are i go buy the real thing. i don't believe in ripping the artist off but i also won't buy a shit cd
i htink it is a knob topic by 'lowlife' and really not suited to teh forum. support the oportunity to be able to have music produce by artist or companies. if you dont want to cause you feel 'youre being ripped off' then jsut listen to the radio. the poor excuse about t he amount of money you earn, is just poor in itself. live with in your means or get a better job.
really the thread should just be deleted, theif!
Simply Cruzin'...
so you have payed for all your software on your computer ever wes?? if you have your one of the minority
by the way i dont support sharing over this forum too...
i agree you shouldnt be asking anyone and everyone to trade etc.. but everyone to a degree is guilty of stealing data/art/info.. it doesn't matter if someones done it once or 50 times, it's all the same.
assumptions like that today are always used as a reason to either accept situations, or remove guilt, or make seem right... and people wonder why society is turning crap.
Simply Cruzin'...
I listen to lots of dj sets. The record co's cant sell lots of them so dont produce them. I cant walk into HMV and buy a deep dish nottingham set can I? Thats why I get cdrs on e shmay and d/l when I can get access to bb as I have cruddy dial up damn tel cable...
anyone know anything about household telephone wiring?????
sorry twoguns, i'll follow your model citizenship from now on
society is on the collapse because of my assumptions.... .:duh
As a musician who has recorded a few minor things in my time, let me say that downloading is one thing. Then transferring that onto a CD is piracy, and it isnt costing the record company, it is costing the musician. You think the record company is going to wear the loss? No way!!! WOuld you go into an art gallery or photo gallery and photograph a work to reproduce it and stick it on your wall? Nope. The tech exists, yet we dont do it. Musicians (and by this I dont mean performers, or people who "mix" other peoples music) deserve every cent they get, and opportunities to earn them are getting fewer and fewer. If musicians adopt the tech, I believe the art will suffer. I am not referring to those who make a squllion from multi platinum sales, I am referring to musicians who are concerned about art, and a form of self expression at the expense of popular music record sales. (non top 40 artists)
Oh, and the test drive analogy? Would you take a car home for a few months before buying it? I think not. Listen to it on the net, but burning it IS piracy. Dont kid yourself!!!
Oh, and like a few others on this forum, I make my living from playing music, meagher though it is. This is not a direct reflection of skill. Most back up vocalists have far better skills than those of the singers they support. Musos take those jobs because most of the spare capital in society goes to franchises like the NRL, AFL or other sporting commodity. You wouldnt skimp on money for a sporting event. Dont do it to musicians, who dont get any gov't support.
[Edited on 30-11-2004 by SteveMk2]
Steve. Classic 85 Mk2 2dr GTI 8v Optioned sunroof and 15"BBS RS alloys. Koni yellow and H&R, Balanced bottom end, flowed top end, Neuspeed 268 cam.
i understand steve & totally agree, but if i could jump the gates to get into a sporting event i would....
frenzix wrote:society is on the collapse because of my assumptions.... .:duh
not YOUR assumption, jsut the assumption that youve chosen to use as example. its not very valid. remember your mum saying 'if johny jumps off a bridge you gonna follow, or does it make it right'
and its not my model citizenship. its funny how people dont think about things more. look at the thread on censorship of mags. look at the thread on p plate drivers... then try and adopt your phrase of "it doesn't matter if someones done it once or 50 times, it's all the same."
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Simply Cruzin'...
frenzix wrote:i understand steve & totally agree, but if i could jump the gates to get into a sporting event i would....
you surprise me frenzix... m aybe if you could steal a vw hubcap, to replace your lost one, you would too!? or is there a level to dishonesty and deceit?
Simply Cruzin'...
wes your good at indirectly saying things, to the point that they sometimes don't make sense to anyone but you. I'm trying really i am to understand what your getting at... am i just not gett it
i wouldn't ever steal anything from anybody that is tangible.... .
i might copy someones sayings.. or even use their artworx, listen to an mp3 (god forbid without paying) maybe even jump a fence or two (not now days though) But that doesn't mean im going to go around stealing objects from people.. i think people can understand this
frenzix wrote:i wouldn't ever steal anything from anybody that is tangible.... .
a ticket to a sporting event is tangible. those that sell the ticket first of. thsoet hat you are going to see. the venue it is held at.
i dont get what it is you dont understand. you type that you can understand and even condon theft. and then type that you imply htat it should be acceptable.
Simply Cruzin'...
